Headwater Songs is the solo album from Devin James Fry – a regular contributor to many MM playlists through his work with Salesman and Lord Buffalo. Headwater Songs is a psychedelic country and clawhammer guitar reflection on the fires and flooding that tore through the Arkansas River Headwaters region of Colorado during the summer of 2013. Neighbours who banded together to cut fire breaks in … Continue reading Devin James Fry – Headwater Songs
Having appeared on MM back in July of 2012, Clear Plastic Masks have recently released their debut self-titled EP via Dine Alone and Serpents & Snakes Records. Take a listen to Baby Come On, and reacquaint yourself with their high octane, bluesy, reverb drenched rock’n’roll. Buy the EP via Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 498: Clear Plastic Masks
As you might expect, December is a quiet month for new releases, especially non-festive ones, but we’ve still managed to come up with a mix of 16 top-notch downloads for you from our monthly postings. As always, we have a couple of new tracks too, and you can also check out our new monthly mix page here, that has every single monthly mix we’ve posted available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2013
Kick back and enjoy this collection of fine musical films from Steady Sun, July Talk, Victory and Steel Cranes. . . . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Steady Sun || July Talk || Victory || Steel Cranes
The Rebel Set have a vintage crash and snarl blended into their music that is reminiscent of guitar heroes from the 1950s like Link Wray and Gene Vincent at the peak of their thunder inducing years and pressure packed with the energy of 1960s garage bands like The Sonics and The Monks. Influenced by his father’s stacks of rock n’ roll vinyl and the lo-fi garage … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Rebel Set
Georgia three-piece The Woodgrains delightfully mix an easygoing Americana sound (think CSNY or the Band) with dream-drifting psychedelia. The results are a lysergic brand of folk-rock anchored by three part harmonies and an instinctive feel for classic songwriting. They will release their self-titled album later this month, but until then move and groove to Nobody Too, the first taste from the record. Continue reading MM Shorts 497: The Woodgrains
Despite the name, Englishman are a Kentucky based indie-folk three-piece who have recently released an excellent seven track EP titled Unsafe & Sound. It is the follow-up to their self-titled debut of 2010, and is distinguished from the masses by lyrics that are smart, observational and sincere – all backed by lush, warm melodies that effortlessly deliver a heartfelt poignancy that so many strive for, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Englishman
We were pleased to be asked to participate once again in the UK Blog Sound of 2014 – a poll of 59 UK music blogs to highlight some of the best emerging artists, and to provide some alternative thought and debate to the BBC’s Sound of list. We were even more pleased to discover once the votes were counted that one of the three choices we … Continue reading UK Blog Sound of 2014 Results
Dead Heart Bloom recently released their second EP, We Made It, which melds dream pop with ambient folk and indie rock to more than good effect. Buy from their Bandcamp page here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 496: Dead Heart Bloom
Our first videos of 2014 come from Jared & The Mill’s foot-stomping Americana, blues rockers The Dough Rollers, fuzzy folkers Soulmates Never Die (download the EP on a pay-what-you-want deal here) and some gorgeous Scottish dream folk from Quickbeam. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Jared & The Mill || The Dough Rollers || Soulmates Never Die || Quickbeam
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